Flashback to CoDev 2014
Over on our CoDev blog, we’re adding content that will help propel your innovation efforts by seeing trends and best practices from leaders who are taking their Open Innovation models to the next step: Post by InnovationEdge.
Thanks to all of you who came to CoDev2015 last week in Scottsdale! It was a truly collaborative and forward-thinking gathering of innovators, with an extraordinary amount of knowledge and willingness to share. We came away with many new insights, and we greatly appreciate everyone’s openness. As Rosemary Pennington of J.M. Smucker Company, put it…
Have you ever stopped to think your next breakthrough product may be right under your nose? Or that ‘local’ could go very global with the right development support and customer-needs tailoring? As a proud resident of Appleton, Wisconsin, I recently took a look at the surprisingly rich history of invention and innovation in my hometown…
Not Invented Here, or NIH, is one of the fatigue factors identified in the book Conquering Innovation Fatigue, overcoming the barriers to personal and corporate success. The authors do a good job of articulating why and how individuals and teams afflicted with NIH syndrome can impose significant barriers to innovation. Even though the concept of…
My wife and I like birdwatching or birding. For us, backyard birding is a recreational activity. We place several types of bird feeders in our backyard and we fill each with different kinds of bird seed. In particular we like Kaytee Bird Seed from nearby Chilton. Watching the variety of birds at the feeders recently…
Recently my friend Jackie Cooper over at Management Roundtable shared her brief chat with George Wells, Global Portfolio Lead, Nestle S.A.-PetCare, and I am pleased to share her insights here with you as we prepare for CoDev 2015: Until now, our series on Open Innovation Leadership has featured interviews with leading experts. This time, I…